Republic of the Philippine Statistics Authority Provincial Statistical Office SPECIAL RELEASE

2020 CATANDUANES PRELIMINARY BIRTH STATISTICS

Date of Release: 19 February 2021 Reference No.2021-02-002-CT Fifteen births per thousand population

A total of 4,114 live births were recorded in 2020, which is equivalent to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 14.9 or 15 births per thousand population (Table 3). The number of live births in 2020 decreased by 14.4 percent, from the 4,805 live births reported in 2019 in the province. More than 51.6 percent of these births are male and the remaining 48.4 percent are female(Table 1). This results to a birth sex ratio of 95, that is, there are 95 females per 100 males.Also, the computed general fertility rate is 60.3, or there are 60 births per thousand women who are 15 to 49 years old in the province.

Virac, the municipality with largest population count, reported the highest number of live births of 1,168 or 28.4 percent of the total. This is followed by San Andres with 596 births or 14.5 percent.Panganiban reported the lowest with 132 births or 3.2 percent of the total live births in the province. (Figure 1 and Table 1)

In terms of crude birth rates, Gigmoto had the highest, with 18.9 or 19 births per thousand population while had the lowest, having 12 births per thousand population. (Table 3)

All municipalities had live births with more males except for Virac and Baras. Virac had 51.8 percent females and Baras had 55.2 percent females of their corresponding total live births. (Figure 1 and Table 1)

Figure 1. Total Number of Live Births in Catanduanes by Municipality1 and by Sex, 2020

1Birth statistics by municipality is based on the place of residence of the mother. Address: BL JastridBldg National Road Cavinitan, Virac, Catanduanes Telephone: 09209681179 Email address: [email protected] Almost 7 out of 10 babies are born illegitimate

A total of 2,788 or 67.8 percent of the babies born in 2020 were illegitimate or born out of wedlock.Of this total, 25.6 percentwere from mothers aged 20 to 24 years. In addition, 469 babies or 11.4 percent of the total births in the province were born from mothers below 20 years old, with the youngest recorded at 13 years old. (Figure 2 and Table 2)

Figure 2. Live Births in Catanduanes by Age Group of Mother and by Legitimacy Status, 2020

Proportion of illegitimate babies highest in Gigmoto

All municipalities had more babies born illegitimate and most were born from mothers between 20 and 24 years old (Table 2). Out of the total babies born in the respective municipalities, Gigmoto had the highest proportion of babies born illegitimate. Almost 79 percent of the 165 total babies born in the said municipality have illegitimate status. This is followed by Bagamanoc with 75.9 percent illegitimate babies of its total of 141 babies. Among the 11 municipalities, Panganiban had the lowest percentage of illegitimate babies with 56.1 percent of its total live births. (Figure 3 and Table 2)

Figure 3. Live Births in Catanduanes by Municipality and by Legitimacy Status, 2020

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Table 1. Number of Births in Catanduanes by Municipality, and by Sex, 2020 Municipality Male Female TOTAL Bagamanoc 73 68 141 Baras 73 90 163 Bato 191 151 342 250 230 480 Gigmoto 93 72 165 Pandan 171 159 330 Panganiban 73 59 132 San Andres 330 266 596 San Miguel 133 119 252 Viga 174 171 345 Virac 563 605 1168 TOTAL 2124 1990 4114

Table 2. Number of Births in Catanduanes by Municipality, by Age Group of Motherand by Legitimacy Status, 2020 SAN BAGAMANOC BARAS BATO CARAMORAN GIGMOTO PANDAN PANGANIBAN SAN MIGUEL VIGA VIRAC TOTAL AGE ANDRES GROUP L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I Below 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 15-19 0 15 0 17 0 26 2 79 0 18 2 33 1 17 0 75 0 16 0 45 1 117 6 458 20-24 1 41 3 49 11 81 13 118 4 48 8 102 8 25 26 148 6 67 16 87 41 286 137 1052 25-29 9 27 12 33 37 62 32 72 11 35 30 54 21 19 55 93 20 45 35 57 115 195 377 692 30-34 11 13 15 9 42 33 40 38 10 16 22 34 15 9 48 55 40 14 37 16 109 117 389 354 35-39 8 10 11 9 24 9 32 18 7 9 24 12 11 3 34 34 24 8 29 7 90 44 294 163 40-44 5 0 4 0 10 5 15 16 3 4 4 2 2 1 15 12 7 3 11 3 39 13 115 59 45-49 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 8 5 50 and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 above TOTAL 34 107 46 117 125 217 137 343 35 130 91 239 58 74 178 418 99 153 128 217 395 773 1326 2788 GRAND 141 163 342 480 165 330 132 596 252 345 1168 4114 TOTAL Note: L-legitimate; I-illegitimate Page 3 of 4

Table 3. Preliminary Vital Statistics in Catanduanes by Municipality, 2020 BIRTH DEATH MARRIAGE Number by Number by Province/ Rate per Rate per Number by Rate per Place of Place of Municipality 1,000 1,000 Place of 1,000 Mother's Residence of Population Population Occurrence Population Residence Deceased CATANDUANES 4114 14.92 1645 5.97 304 1.10 Bagamanoc 141 12.03 74 6.31 3 0.26 Baras 163 12.21 84 6.29 10 0.75 Bato 342 15.14 133 5.89 17 0.75 Caramoran 480 14.96 170 5.30 23 0.72 Gigmoto 165 18.90 48 5.50 10 1.15 Pandan 330 15.24 125 5.77 17 0.79 Panganiban 132 14.87 49 5.52 11 1.24 San Andres 596 15.78 255 6.75 59 1.56 San Miguel 252 15.84 98 6.16 14 0.88 Viga 345 15.29 126 5.58 15 0.66 Virac 1168 14.48 483 5.99 125 1.55 Note: Population estimate used was taken from the population projection based on the 2015 Census of Population.

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

TERM DEFINITION This refers to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a Live Birth product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life. This refers to the number of live births occurring during a calendar year per thousand population. It is computed using the formula below: Crude Birth Rate (CBR) 푇표푡푎푙 푏푖푟푡푕푠 푓표푟 푡푕푒 푦푒푎푟 푎푛푑 푝푙푎푐푒 퐶퐵푅 = × 1000 푇표푡푎푙 푝표푝푢푙푎푡푖표푛 표푓 푡푕푒 푝푙푎푐푒 This is the number of live births per thousand women aged 15-49 years in a given year. This is somewhat a more refined measure than the birth rate because it relates to the age-sex group at risk of giving birth (usually General Fertility Rate defined women ages 15-49). It is computed using the formula below:

푇표푡푎푙 푏푖푟푡푕푠 푓표푟 푡푕푒 푦푒푎푟 푎푛푑 푝푙푎푐푒 퐺푒푛푒푟푎푙 퐹푒푟푡푖푙푖푡푦 푅푎푡푒 = × 1000 푊표푚푒푛 푎푔푒푠 15 푡표 49 푝표푝푢푙푎푡푖표푛 표푓 푡푕푒 푝푙푎푐푒

ANAVI F. CAMACHO Chief Statistical Specialist

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